Cliff Drysdale - Pioneered the 2-handed Backhand/Won 5 Singles& 6Dbl’s Titles/SP

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Cliff Drysdale - Pioneered the 2-handed Backhand/Won 5 Singles& 6Dbl’s Titles/SP
Eric Clifford Drysdale (1941-) - South African former tennis player. The former highly-ranked professional player of the 1960s and early 1970s became a well-known tennis announcer.
Drysdale reached the singles final of the U. S. Championships in 1965 (beating Dennis Ralston and Rafael Osuna before losing to Manuel Santana). He was one of the Handsome Eight, a group of players signed by Lamar Hunt in 1968 for the newly formed professional World Championship Tennis (WCT) group. He became president of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) when it was formed by Jack Kramer, Donald Dell, and himself in 1972. Drysdale was ranked world No. 4 in 1965 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph.
He won the singles title at the Dutch Open in Hilversum in 1963 and 1964. In 1965, he won the singles title at the German Championships by defeating Boro Jovanovic in the final. During his Open era career, Drysdale captured five singles titles and six doubles titles including winning the 1972 US Open doubles crown with Roger Taylor. He defeated Rod Laver in the fourth round of the first US Open in 1968. He was a pioneer of the two-handed backhand which he used to great effect in the 1960s [USA Today, 11 July 2013]. He became a naturalized United States citizen after retiring as a player. He is the founder of Cliff Drysdale Tennis (along with partner Don Henderson) which specializes in resort, hotel, and club tennis management.
Drysdale has served as a tennis commentator on ESPN since the network's founding in 1979.
7.3” x 10” black and white glossy photograph of Cliff and Jean Drysdale signed by Cliff Drysdale in felt tip pen. Minor ding at top right edge contained to the white border, and a diagonal crease at the bottom right corner, otherwise very good-fine. See Photos.
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